Billboard Japan


Billboard Japan is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine Billboard. It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link, holding an exclusive licence from Billboards parent company to the Billboard brand name in Japan, and manages, among others, the web site www.billboard-japan.com and several "Billboard Live"-branded music clubs located in the country.
In February 2008 Hanshin Contents Link, under licence from Billboard, launched the Billboard Japan Hot 100 music chart. As of 2016, the list of charts compiled by Billboard Japan also included an albums chart named Billboard Japan Hot Albums, sales-only-based charts Top Singles Sales, Top Albums Sales, Top Jazz Albums Sales, and Top Classical Albums Sales, a radio-airplay chart named Radio Songs, an animation music chart named Hot Animation, and a chart for foreign songs named Hot Overseas.
Since 2010 Billboard Japan holds an annual awards ceremony called the Billboard Japan Music Awards, which honors artists, both Japanese and foreign, who had achieved best results in Billboard Japan music charts during the previous year.

Charts

Songs

Chart titleChart typeNumber of positionsDescription
Hot 100Combined100Charts for domestically released songs; first launched on March 3, 2008.
Hot OverseasCombined20Charts for internationally released songs.
Download SongsDigital100Launched in 2017 after Radio Songs Chart became defunct
Streaming SongsStreaming100Launched in 2017 after Radio Songs Chart became defunct
Hot AnimationCombined20Charts for anime and video game music; first launched on December 1, 2010.

Singles

Chart titleChart typeNumber of positionsDescription
Top Singles SalesPhysical100Charts for physical sales for singles

Albums

Chart titleChart typeNumber of positionsDescription
Hot AlbumsCombined100First launched on June 4, 2015.
Download AlbumsDigital100Launched in 2017 with Download Songs.
Top Album SalesPhysical100
Top Jazz Album SalesPhysical100
Top Classical Album SalesPhysical100